Top 10 Wargames of 2022 | The Players' Aid 

I think we're just at the cusp of it too. There's so much stuff springing up out of Europe and RoW right now on top of what's going on in NA.

Golden Age for sure. One reason is Thompson designed games.

@@strelnikoff1632 he was fishing, for sure! Hahaha

I’m just getting into it - trying to work out where to start!

You and me both! Lol! 😄

Yeah … I’ve been holding off watching. My wallet is yelling “Noooooo!”.

I absolutely agree. I have one thought though. For the busy days and moments when I have 15 minutes before bed, I would love if you guys would have a series of shorter videos. Don't get me wrong, I love the casual and conversational style of your standard videos, but I would also love a few tighter videos for my lunch break and such.

You should love the fact that your wife obviously plays wargames with you at all. 😂

At least Arracourt is part of a system, so the learning you do can serve you in the long term!

​@@ThePlayersAid jajaja you are just making the lad buying more games

Normally ours are march/April for that reason, but we were able to get to a lot of late 2022 wargmes in jan/Feb this year.

We don't have a video of it, maybe we should, but there are written versions on our blog (perhaps a little out of date, but still a good starting place!)

@@ThePlayersAid If it's too much work, ok. But I'd sure like to watch such a video from you guys. BTW, my wife won't want to play war games. Are there one or two you would recommend as especially excellent solo?

@@pnutbutrncrackers Start here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8Hv4CO1JmTw.html Then go here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0ZV6CA_4Zkc.html

@@ThePlayersAid Many thanks. I'm now watching your entertaining "One Star Reviews" video. :)

We're playing more Undaunted: Stalingrad tomorrow. It might climb the ranking in six months when were done with the campaign.

We have Nach Paris, unplayed, but we're doing another WWI event in August! Also, Paths of Glory, Lamps are Going Out, and Imperial Tide are all excellent, and are separated only by length to play. Not played Iron Storm. Attrition of Souls was very abstract but had really fun combat resolution. Did you see our Guns of August Wrap up? We talked about all of those together.

@@ThePlayersAid I saw it, had excellent take on attrition of souls and Paths of Glory but not the others (If I recall). Of course your channel catalouge is now quite large so I might just have missed all the talks. I just got the hunger for a direct comparison video as we now have such a smorgasboard of big ww1 games and it is so hard to pick! Even if going by play-time. If you told me 10 years ago that ww1 would be so popular as it is today I would have thought you'd be crazy :) !

Alexander: Labyrinth, Unconditional Surrender, RAF Battle of Britain, Warfighter WWII, Atlantic Chase. Also, if the channel ended right now, you wouldn't know until mid May.. that's how far in advance we have videos scheduled! lol.

@@ThePlayersAid As long as you show the videos, I'll watch 'em! I expected Labyrinth, but the others are interesting. I find Unconditional Surrender very enjoyable, and don't have the other three. Thanks!

For Grant Labyrinth, COIN, Wilderness War, more COIN, Churchill, and more COIN.

@@grantkleinhenz6789 I have a nickel's worth of COINs myself! They are wonderful for gaining an understanding of the issues & motives behind some important historical events. I had never thought of the American Revolution as a propaganda battle, for example, but it makes sense. Thanks!

Hi Mark. I would point you toward the in-depth video reviews of the games on the list on our channel. There are a few that are posting soon but you can get a much better insight into each of those games by watching those videos.

@@grantkleinhenz6789 Thanks Grant. Glad to hear back from you. I think I could have made myself clearer. I was thinking that it would be helpful when introducing new people to board games, and then progressing them to a little more demanding game, to have a beginner suggestion. I've found that new people often want to play again, and then keep in the 'theme' of the first game when moving on to something new. I'm sad to say I don't have the budget or time to keep up with all the wonderful games out there. But I can enjoy them through your reviews. Appreciate what you do.

Plus much less operation ewetree!

Love this for you! Keep making great games!

Great Question.. hopefully in 2023!

Almoravid is bigger, and has an extra layer of politics on it, so is a little more complicated. I find that the extra politics layer, however, gives the game a little mroe focus from a player stand point. It's easier to pick a direction to go in etc.

Tough rule, but probably prudent!

@@ThePlayersAid Do as I say don't do as I do...

I believe there's a coin game or two that plays three players that'll be a good way to start

YYEEEAAHHH!!!

Not as much as we'd like, but then.. who has enough time?

Zurmat is a Pashtun district in Afghanistan. The cover is thematic and uses local Pashtun patterns.

@@ThePlayersAid I know the information you provided is appreciated by many. But the true point behind (what I attempted to be a humorous comment) is that probably all blossoming wargamers, most casual wargamers, and I bet a significant number of hard-core grognrads don't know any of that. Combine that lack of understanding with the "judge the book by its cover" culture we live in today, and it's no wonder the game hasn't garnered the interest which otherwise should've been expected. I think you're correct in saying that a decent advertising/education campaign would've gone a long way toward mitigating much of those reasons. Finally, that the box cover looks like my kitchen spice cabinet is very fitting as I love the spices from that region of the world! So, that jives! :)

Either way, very long compared to the other two games we mentioned!

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